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L. ROSENKRANZ.

PEANUT ROASTBR.

Patented Dec. 9, 1884.

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SPECIFICATION forming part-=01 Letters Patent No. 309,098, datedDecember 9, 1884.

Application filed March 26, 1884.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, Louis BOSENKRANZ, of Rhinebeck, in the county ofDutchess and State of New York, have invented a new and ImprovedPeanut-Roaster, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part ofthis specification, in which similar letters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure l is a sectional elevation of my invention, showing theroasting-drum placed in the heater. Fig. 2 is a broken plan view of theheater with the drum and warming-box removed; and Fig. 3 is a transversesectional view of my invention, showing the warmingboX in place in theheater.

The invention will first be described in connection with the drawings,and then pointed out in the claims.

Referring to the drawings, A represents the heater; B, theroasting-drum; and O represents the warming-box, in which the peanutsare placed, after being roasted in the drum B, to be kept warm.

The heater A may be made of any suitable size, of sheet metal, and withthe main bottom a and perforated false bottom Z). The main bottom a hasthe central large opening, 0, made through it, which is surrounded bythe collar (1, which adapts the heater to be placed upon an oil-stove,so that the heat ascending from the wicks of the stove will pass throughthe opening 0 into the interior of the heater A. Immediately above theopening 0 the false bottom Z) is not perforated, but is left solid, asshown at b, so that this solid portion .of the false bottom will act todeflect the direct heat from the stove and cause it to pass through theperforations of the false bottom, thus causing the 'interior of theheater A to be heated uniformly throughout, which is es sential to theproper and uniform roasting of the peanuts.

To the inner surfaces of the end pieces of the heater A are secured thestirrupsf, which are adapted to support and to form the bearings for thegudgeons e e of the roastingdrum B, as shown in Fig. 1. The gudgeon e isscrew-tapped, as shown in dotted lines in (No model.)

Fig. 1, to receive the shaft or crank g, by which the roasting-drum Bmay be revolved for agitating the peanuts While being roasted. \Vhilethe peanuts are being roasted the heater A will be closed by the coverA, which has a series of holes, h, made through it to permit a freecirculation of air through the heater, and the bottom a has the openingsa made in it to admit fresh air to the interior of the heater, as willbe understood from the drawings. Near its upper edge the heater A hasthe inwardly-projecting beads or ribs i '1', formed in its side walls,and upon the same level with these ribs 1' the end walls of the heaterare provided with the lips, lugs, or

to cause the peanuts to sweat.

The drum B is made cylindrical in form, and is provided upon its innersurface with the ribsl Z, which serve to agitate the peanuts as the drumis revolved, and the drum is provided with the opening m and slidingcover m, for charging and emptying the drum.

In use the peanuts to be roasted will be placed in the drum B. The drumwill then be placed in the heater A. Then the heater will be closed bythe cover A and placed upon an oil or other stove. The crank or shaft 9will then be attached and the drum B slowly revolved, which will causethe peanuts to be agitated, and,owing to the even distribution of heat,caused by the false bottom b, the nuts will be evenly and uniformlyroasted. The peanuts having been roasted, they will be emptied from thedrum B into the warming-box C, which will be placed in the heater A andcovered with the cover A, so that the peanuts will be subjected to amoderate heat, sufficient to keep them warm for eating.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent- 1. In a peanut-roaster, the heater A, formed with theopening a and collar d, and provided ICO with the false bottom I),having the solid cenf, in combination with the drum B, formed 10 tralportion b, substantially as and for the with the gudgeons e e, thegudgeon 6 being purposes set forth. screw-tapped to receive the crank orshaft 9,

2. The combination, with the heater A, hav- I substantially asdescribed.ing perforated false bottom I), having central T 7 T solid portion, 1),of the roastingdrum B, I LOUIS LOSE) LEA} adapted to be revolved in theheater A, sub- \Vitnesses: stantia-lly as described. THEODORE S. BARNES,

3. The heater A, providedwith the stirrups 1 JAMES H. TI-IORN.

